Tube holder and protector



. June 29 1926. V R. w. Fox

TUBE HOLDER AND PROTECTOR Filed July 15 1925 Pay 1' Patented June 2 9, 1926.

UNITED STATES RICHARD FOX, OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.

TUBE HOLDER AND PROTECTOR.

Application filed July 13, 1925. Serial No 43,377.

My invention relates to holders and pro tectors for tubes or pliable tubular containers, and is particularly adapted for the holding and protecting of tubes containing liquid adhesives such as form a part of repair kits for rubber goods, tires and the like.

It has been found in practice that when the cap has been removed from these adhesive tubes and the threaded neck punched for the release under pressure on the tube of its adhesive contents, it is very difficult to pr vent the continued escape of the adhesive and its access to the other elements of the repair kit due to the fact thatthe-tube is constantly subject to being indented and pressed upon by other elements of the kit which causes its contents to exude, even with the cap applied, and injure or render unus able the contents of the kit.

The primary object of my invention is to design a holder and protector for such tubes which will safeguard them from pres sure from other articles in the kit and which will act to hold the tube in position in its protector. V

A further object is to design the protecting holder so that it will, itself, form a useful part of the kit' and to this end I cut and bend one portion of the side of the protector inwardly so as to leave a cutting edge and to provide a perforated flange standing across the channel in the holder through which the threaded neck of the tube can be passed and held by its screw cap.

My improved type of holder is designed not only to protect the tube but to be readily gripped in the hand with a thumb rest opposite the cutting edge, such thumb rest being preferably cut away sufliciently not to interfere with the free removal and replacement of the tube cap. By reversing the holder in ones hand its straight rear edge can be used as a scraper to remove excess adhesive from the work.

My invention further comprises the novel details of construction and arrangements of parts, which, in their preferred embodiment only, are illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specifica tion, and in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of my improved type of holder with the tube in place.

Fig, 2 is a side view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view showing the utilization of the holder to out rubber for patches.

Similar reference numerals refer to simiiar parts throughout thedrawings. I

In the embodiment of my invention illustrated,- I show. the tube protector andholder as formed of stamped sheet metal having a flat bottom 1, vertically upturned flanges 2 which rise to a height above the sides of a full tube 3 of adhesive as-it lies inthe chanlid of the holder. The sides of the holder preferably flare apart towards the rear tents are expressed.

The forward end of one of the side flanges is out along the lineof its junction with the bottom 1 and is then bent transversely across the channel inthe holder to form a flange 4 having a centralaperture 5 inline with the longitudinal center holderand spaced from the bottom sufficiently to receive the threaded neck 6 of an adhesive tube lying in the channel, so thatwhen its cap 7 is screwed thereon the tube will beheld in position in the holder and cannot get loose therefrom. The edge ofthe bottom left by the out forming the flange 4 is sharpened to form a cutting blade 8 for securing rubber patches. The side flange 2 opposite the blade 8 is adapted to form a thumb rest but is preferably cut back along the line 9 so as not to interfere with the ready removal and replacement of the cap 7 on the tube. The rear wide straight edge 10 of the holder is admirably adaptedto serve as a scraper for the removal of excess adhesive from the patch or work.

' In operation, the filled tubeis laid in the channel of the holder, its cap 7 is removed.

and its threaded neck 6 is inserted through the hole 5 in the holder flange 4, after which the cap-is replaced. The tube is thus held in the holder and it will be observed that When it is desired to cut patch pieces of rubber for use in repairing rubber goods, the holder is grasped in the hand, as shown in Fig. 3, with the knife edge 8 disposed down wardly and serving as an eifective cutter for patches. After the patch has been cut and applied, the holder can be reversed in the hand and its rear end edge 10 used to scrape and remove surplus adhesive. The holder thus performs valuable functions due to its.

special construction inaddition to holding and protecting the tube of adhesive.

Though I have described with great particularity the details of the embodiment of the invention herein shown, it is not to be construed that I am limited thereto, as changes in. arrangement and substitution. of equiaralents may .be. madeby those skilled'in the art without departing from the inventionas defined inthe appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A. tube holder and protector of the character described having a channel shaped. body formedv with its side walls rising substantially tothe level of a full tube disposed in the channel, the forward end of one side. flange being cut and bent inwardly across the. channel and perforated to receive the neck ,of the tube and to expose a side edge of'the bottom, as and for the purposes described.

.2. A tube holder according to claim 1, in

which the forward end .of the side wall towards which the side flange is bent, is cut away to afford free access to the tube cap for its removal and replacement.

A tube holder and protector of the character described, formed of sheet metal in channel' shape having a flat tapering bottom with vertical .side flanges rising to the height of a full tube in the channel, the holder having the forward end of one side flange out along its junction with the bot tom and bent at right angles inwardly across the-channel and perforated to receive the neck of ,a tube in the channel, the exposed edge of the bottom left .by said. out being ground: to form a knife edge, substantially as described.

4; A protecting tube holder in. accordance with claim. 3, in .WhlQl1.;i3hB wider end. o;:t the bottom is left straight and the forward end of the uncut side flange is shaped to avoid interference with access to a cap adapted to be screwed .on the neck of a. tube inserted through the inwardly bent flange.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

RICHARD w 

